• Microsoft's relaunched search engine has received a disproportionate amount of attention in recent months - not least because journalists are desperate to cover every cranny of its conflict with Google - but it turns out that Bing may not be the thing. According to figures from StatCounter, Bing saw its share of the search market decline in September - down to 3.25% of global searches from 3.58%. Yahoo was also down, to 4.37%, while Google rose to an astonishing 90.54% of all search traffic worldwide.

• Bing's struggles come alongside more bad news for Bill Gates. According to the new Forbes rich list released this week, Gates remains America's richest man - despite losing $7bn ($7bn!) over the past year. Other technological tycoons Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Michael Dell, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen all figure in the top 25 (of course, the vast majority of their wealth is tied up in shares, so it's a paper fortune).

• And so another weekend is just around the corner: a chance to let loose, get offline and go do something interesting. Or you could just inside puzzle over a Korean girl band singing the Bubble Bobble theme. Your choice... see you on Monday.